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From researchers at Columbia Business School comes the following useful advice: When you're negotiating the price of a car or a house, when you pick the number that you're going to ask for first, be careful. Don't pick a round number. Associate professor of business Malia Mason studied this, and she joins us now. Welcome to the program.
MALIA MASON: Thank you.
SIEGEL: And first, give us an example. What do you mean, don't pick a round number?
MASON: So if you're negotiating for, let's say, a car, you're buying a used car from someone, don't suggest that you'll pay $5,000 for the car. Say something like, "I'll pay you $5,125 for the car," or $4,885 for the car.
SIEGEL: Why should that be a more successful tactic of negotiating?
MASON: It signals that you have more knowledge about the value of the good being negotiated.
SIEGEL: Somebody says 5,000 to me and I think, ah, they don't know much. But if they say, $5,123.50, I think, boy, they must have looked up some table of the values of used cars, or something.
MASON: Correct.
SIEGEL: You've actually studied this. How many transactions did you look at, and what kinds of transactions?
MASON: We looked at listing prices on Zillow, the real estate website. We also looked at the prices that our executive MBA students and MBA students were using and suggesting, in simulated negotiations in classroom exercises. And what we found was that indeed, it is the case that people have a habit of using round numbers. We then took this into the lab and studied it in six studies involving hundreds and hundreds of people. And it all bore out the feeling that the more precise a number is, the less rounded, the better you do in the negotiation.
MASON: And I think you want to complement that number with some reasons. Where did you get that number? The chances that you're successful really come down to how much research you've done, and having an informed view of the good.
SIEGEL: If you open with a round number, the impression is that you've already rounded it off.
MASON: It's funny because I think what actually ends up happening is, I'm buying something from you, and I say I'll buy it for $4,985. I think that you hear she'll buy it for $5,000, but it's a firm $5,000. It's not a somewhere between 4,800 and $5,200, which is what 5,000 implies.
SIEGEL: But if you started at 5,000, I'd think, ah, I can probably get her up to 5,200 or something.
MASON: Correct.
SIEGEL: Have you heard a lot of confirming anecdotes from people about this since your work was published?
MASON: You know, I think that it's only recently been published as the first thing to say. On some level, I think it's fairly intuitive. You know, I get a little pushback from people about, isn't it awkward to be really precise? And I think that's a valid statement and criticism. I can't provide a rule that's always going to work in any negotiation, but what I can suggest to people is that you'd be well served to err on the side of being at least a little more specific. and then looking for other ways to signal that your offer is based on some facts and figures, not on nothing.
SIEGEL: Well, professor Mason, thank you very much for talking with us about your work.
MASON: Thank you so much.
SIEGEL: That's associate professor Malia Mason of Columbia Business School, talking about the power in negotiations of precise - as opposed to round - numbers. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The exterior is water-repellent 600D high-density Oxford nylon complemented by a smooth 150D polyester lining designed not to scratch your equipment. The bag is covered by a quick-release front flap and an additional zippered lid. This provides two ways to access your gear. If you don't want to zipper the interior lid, its touch fastener attaches to the cover flap allowing you to use just the front quick-release buckle.
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U.S. Immigration Policy Program
Recent Activity
The regularization, or legalization, of unauthorized immigrants has become a central, if controversial, policy tool in many developed countries' struggle to manage irregular immigration. Because of the sheer size of irregular immigration in the advanced industrial world, regularization programs have become a significant source of legal workers and, in many instances, of prospective citizens.
This report examines health insurance coverage among the United States' foreign-born population. Findings highlight differences in coverage rates between native citizens, naturalized foreign-born citizens, and non-citizens.
Immigrants often work in traditionally unionized sectors of the economy, such as manufacturing and construction, or in occupations, such as services, that are becoming increasingly organized—yet little is known about their patterns of union representation. This report offers insight into the union affiliation, including membership and non-member coverage, of employed immigrant workers age 16 and over.
La década de los noventa fue extraordinaria en términos de cantidad y diversidad cultural de trabajadores migratorios que vinieron a vivir a los Estados Unidos. Recién estamos comenzando a comprender las implicaciones a largo plazo de las decisiones y medidas tomadas por los trabajadores migratorios y por las instituciones americanas durante este período de fuerte crecimiento económico.
This report examines the transfer of immigration functions from the former Immigration and Naturalization Service to the newly established Department of Homeland Security and offers an analysis of the Department's progress in its first year of existence toward accomplishing the two purposes for which it was created: (1) to ensure that immigration regulation and control enhances national security; and (2) to improve the performance of both the service and enforcement sides of the immigration system by allocating their respective functions to separate units within DHS.
During the 1990s, NAFTA was promoted by both U.S. and Mexican officials as a means to spur economic growth and job creation in Mexico and thereby reduce the number of unauthorized migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico each year. This report takes a critical look at NAFTA's impact on regulating migration from Mexico to the United States.
This report examines foreign-born participation in the United States' labor market. It provides information and charts relating to the number and share of immigrant workers in the total civilian labor force and their employment rates.
This report examines the characteristics of foreign-born workers in the United States based on the 2002 Current Population Survey. Findings relate to foreign-born workers age 16 and over participating in the civilian labor force.


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The Portugal star admits he is unfazed when people question his form on the pitch, and admitted he would love to remain involved in football when he retires from playing
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo insists that he is not affected by criticism of his performances on the pitch, stressing that it is simply part of football.
The Spanish champions have endured a mixed campaign to date, with inconsistencies in their domestic form seeing them all-but-yield their title to rivals Barcelona, while they must negotiate a tough second leg against Manchester United to progress to the quarter-final stage of the Champions League.
Although Ronaldo himself has largely maintained his exceptional standards – scoring 37 goals in as many games so far this season – he accepts that being judged on your achievements is part of life at the top echelons of the sport.
"Real Madrid are the biggest club in the world, and people always expect us to be perfect. I think there is always room for improvement," he told GQ magazine.
"Criticism is part of our business; we have to live with it. The thing that hurts me the most is criticism about things away from the field of play. It doesn't bother me when it's about my playing form, because, I repeat, I am the first to realise it when things are going badly."
Ronaldo also dismissed notions that he has formed something of a clique with his Portuguese-speaking team-mates at the Santiago Bernabeu, stating: "I have lots of friends in the dressing room, not just my compatriots."
Real Madrid take on Manchester United on March 5 in the second leg of their Champions League tie, and the 28-year-old has once more revealed his admiration for former boss Sir Alex Ferguson as he prepares to take to the Old Trafford pitch once more.
"I have nothing but gratitude for Ferguson. He is fantastic, as a coach and as a person," Ronaldo said.
Finally, Ronaldo spoke of his hopes for the future of the Portugal national team after their strong performances in recent tournaments, and revealed his desire to stay in football once his playing days come to an end.
"It is much harder to win with the national team than with the club, although we are still a young team," he acknowledged. "We reached the [European Championship] final in 2004, the semi-finals in [World Cup] 2006 and in last year's European Championship; that's an achievement.
"Football is my life. I would love to stay in this world, even after I stop playing. But, for the moment, I'm going to concentrate on the years I have left as a player. Time will tell what will happen next."


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Tear it Up Lyrics
Artist: Maestro Fresh Wes
Album: Symphony In Effect
[LTD] Yo Maestro, let's go. You ready man?
[Maestro Fresh Wes] Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm ready
[L] Yo, let's trash it up man. Show all these suckers what time it is
[M] Aight
[L] You know what I'm sayin', word. So here it is
[M] Let's get it over with
[L] Tear it up now
[Maestro Fresh Wes]
Rolling, strolling, rockin' and rollin'
One hundred dollar bills I'm unfolding
Crowds are controling
Lyrics are golden, yes the beats dope
But nope it's not stolen
Words are forbidden, no I ain't kidding
Check any damsel, Maestro is ridden
'Nuff ammunition, capable precision
Kill competition, like a religion
MCs I'm cussing, they ain't nothing
Egos I'm crushing, asses I'm busting
Fly girls I rack, skeezos I slap them
Sucker I jack up, I don't rap up
I tear it up!
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
Too late to run, Maestro is one
You're no ruler to me
You're more like a liar
You're just a squire handing out flyers
I am much higher, you're a low bidder
Wes pulls a trigger your get rigger
Nigga, LTD's an outstander
MC Fresh Wes, a MC commander
Goto my show because I said so
I'm a pimp and the crowd is one big, (HO)
Viper, sniper, rhythmn rap writer
I hold the mic you're Rowdy like Piper
Hyperactive your rap is wack kid
Don't even breath or I'll Rip like Jack did
Helter Skelter, deep belts a serious cut
My boys are ice melters
Well respected, dame's interested
Bulls in bank, invested
I tear it up!
Hi, why, brother that's dry
Drug free body and my rhymes are fly
You cuss, dis, lyrics are stiff
I smoke your ass like smoking a spliff
Won't cease my mic is my piece
Use of the alter with the high priest
Beast, bleak, your record is weak
We bought to break it on the concrete
I disregard it, LTD barred it
We holds the mic, you're a target
I tear it up!
Party's packed, B-boys jumping
Dames in the back, bumpin'
Beats go boom, the sound's in tune
Like hast to Calhoun, we rock the room
Pay's low, fortress of mold
The frenzy will grow because I said so
So, hell no this is def
Hands be swinging from right to left
Fresh Wes, is in the flesh
LTD's on the set and it became blessed
Wine, grind 'til the sunshine
Bust the next rhyme, next time
Maestro Fresh Wes Lyrics
Maestro Fresh Wes Symphony In Effect Lyrics
More Maestro Fresh Wes Music Lyrics:
Maestro Fresh Wes - Bring it On (Remix) Lyrics
Maestro Fresh Wes - Conducting Thangs Lyrics
Maestro Fresh Wes - G.O.D. We Tru$t Lyrics
Maestro Fresh Wes - Just Swingin' Lyrics
Maestro Fresh Wes - Make it for the Ruff (Bonus) Lyrics
Maestro Fresh Wes - The Visine Lyrics
Maestro Fresh Wes - Untouchable Lyrics


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Case Studies
Automating the Demilitarization of Retired Munitions
POSTED 01/01/1900 | By: Walter Wapman
The US Army is responsible for coordinating munition demilitarization for all the Services. More than 300,000 tons of rounds are currently in stockpile waiting to be demilled, some dating back to World War II. This amount is increasing by about 70,000 to 100,000 tons per year. Currently, these munitions are disassembled by personnel, which places them in potentially hazardous situations.
When Jim Wheeler, Director of the Defense Ammunition Center, decided to insert flexible automation systems into their conventional demil operations, they turned to Sandia's robotic expertise for guidance. Having already successfully solved a similar problem for DOE with its Automated Gas Generator Disassembly System (AGGDIS) work cell, Sandia was able to quickly adapt its technology and system integration capability to create a prototype system for the Army that would disassemble 40mm fixed-round munitions. Within 9 months, Sandia designed, developed, delivered, and demonstrated a complex prototype system at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma.
The task is completed by using an off-the-shelf articulated robot arm, force control, machine vision, custom tooling, and an operator-driven graphical user interface (GUI) to disassemble the round and separate out the component piece parts for reclamation. Safety features and reliability were designed into the work cell to maximize the system effectiveness. Sandia's work cell approach seamlessly integrated many processes into a highly complex disassembly operation.
Using robots to automate the process removes people from a potentially hazardous work environment. In addition, it appears that automation will provide a tremendous operational cost savings.
Sandia is now in the preliminary stages of designing a flexible automated pilot plant. A simulation has been created of the pilot plant disassembly process that is useful to perform timing studies, observe layouts, and to help estimate project costs. In this flexible automation pilot plant, robots will be used to open and remove munitions from containers. Part-to-part container variation resulting from transportation and handling damage, and the inherent difficulty in accessing and removing munitions from containers, requires vision and dexterous manipulation sensor driven systems. Dexterous manipulation combines the modeled physical characteristics of a tool within its environment with force feedback electrical signals to control robot articulation for performing nontrivial tasks. The range of problems that will be encountered in the flexible automation pilot plant requires the intelligence encapsulated within these sophisticated technologies since "standard" robotics system technologies would be inadequate for these tasks. The pilot plant is expected to be operational in 3 to 4 years. Preliminary studies show that it will process one million rounds in one year working two 8-hour shifts per day.
Long-term flexibility is built in to the system; once all 40mm fixed-round munitions have been disassembled (approximately 3 million are currently in stockpile), the system can be modified to handle other munitions by reusing the same equipment. With minor tooling and the software changes, the system will be able to handle the disassembly of 30mm to 120mm fixed round munitions.
Walter Wapman
(505) 844-9761
email: [email protected]


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MTV Looking For 18-24 Year Old Women For New Show [VIDEO]
A show that has been popular in the U.K. for the last three years is looking to make a splash on this side of the pond. MTV is teaming up with Gogglebox Entertainment to cast young women for the show Plain Jane. The producers are looking for girls who would like a confidence boost, the opportunity to overcome their fears, plus fashion and dating advice, as well as the chance for a make-over and a fab foreign trip.
The age range that producers are looking for is 18 -23 and ideally have a passport, be single and prepared to go. They plan on filming over the summer, from July, and it takes a week to film each show.
According to Patrice Starnes with Gogglebox,
It's a pre-watershed show so there is nothing nasty about it. This is our third season in the UK and now we are shooting in the US and we've never had anything other than a terrific response from the young women who have taken part.
To apply, contact Patrice at Gogglebox Entertainment at www.goggleboxentertainment.co.uk or call 310.244.1425.
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In 88 B.C., it seems as if the entire ancient world is at war. In the west, the Italian states are rebelling against Rome; in the east, Mithridates is marching through and conquering the Roman Asian provinces. Even in the relatively calm Alexandria, a coup has brought a new Pharaoh to power and chaos to the streets. The young Gordianus has been waiting out the chaos in Alexandria, with Bethesda, when he gets a cryptic message from his former tutor and friend, Antipater. Now in Ephesus, as part of Mithridates' entourage, Antipater seems to think that his life is in imminent danger.
To rescue him, Gordianus concocts a daring, even foolhardy, scheme to go "behind enemy lines" and bring Antipater to safety. But there are powerful, and deadly forces, at work here, which have their own plans for Gordianus. Not entirely sure whether he's a player or a pawn, Gordianus must unravel the mystery behind the message if he's to save himself and the people he holds most dear.


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You'll find the new Jellystone Park campground in Delaware on Brick Granary Road in Lincoln, just minutes from the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay's miles of family beaches. With tent, pull-thru and roomy RV sites, the campground can accommodate any camping style. Each site offers a picnic table and fire ring, and guests have the option of a concrete slab or decking. Add a pool, clubhouse, horseshoe pit, playground, walking trails and more, and you've got the perfect beachside destination.
This summer, owner Brent Fannin and his family plan to expand the park's activities program. And look for an outdoor theater, cabin rentals and a pedal kart track to be added in the future. The season opens April 15 with a Grand Opening bash planned for Memorial Day Weekend. A full schedule of summer themed weekends is already on the books; your family will love Under the Sea Weekend, Death by Chocolate, and Relaxin' with Yogi Bear.


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Dance Teacher Web Unleashes New Website
The all-new Dance Teacher Web.com offers more inspiration, ideas and help for dance teachers and studio owners.
"Think of it as your own private dance teacher seminar delivered directly to you wherever and whenever you want it!" says founder Steve Sirico.
The top three new features are upgraded HD video players that you can play on full screen without stopping, new business tools that include forms, sample ads and teleseminars by industry professionals like choreographers Napoleon and Tabitha, and an advanced search option that helps you find what you are looking for fast. What these upgrades mean to you is that you can quickly access valuable information, ideas and tips that will help you as a dance teacher or business owner.
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There is a species of agonizing pain that the human mind cannot assimilate immediately upon waking. It takes a moment before the gut lurches, the eyes tear, the ground gives way: The memory has returned and gaping terror sets in, because whatever's been lost is still lost.
This is the sort of pain in which Jenny Offill's slender, quietly smashing novel "Dept. of Speculation" deals, recollecting a marriage mortally damaged by betrayal.
"People say, You must have known. How could you not know? To which she says, Nothing has ever surprised me more in my life."
That's because first came happiness, even bliss, inside a domestic cocoon whose making had never been at the top of the woman's list of aspirations. She is a writer and meant, for years, to devote herself mercilessly to her art.
Instead, she found those plans buried by the slow-motion landslide of the day-to-day: the husband who loves her, the serious little girl who makes them laugh, the mercenary jobs that pay for diapers and baby sitters and bedbug exterminators.
"He is famously kind, my husband," the woman tells us, though we don't know her name, or his either. "He's from Ohio. This means he never forgets to thank the bus driver or pushes in front at the baggage claim. Nor does he keep a list of those who infuriate him on a given day. People mean well. That is what he believes. How then is he married to me?"
The story shifts and skitters, spare but intricate as filigree, short bursts of observation and memory — comic, startling, searing — floating in white space.
For a time in their daughter's toddlerhood, her favorite book is about firefighters, and the man "reads the book to her every night, including very very slowly the entire copyright page."
Just before teaching her writing class, the woman finds vomit in her hair. It's disgusting, of course, and proof of exhaustion, but also proof of the golden trio they've become. For such precious entities, great sacrifices are made.
Listen: "I would give it up for her, everything, the hours alone, the radiant book, the postage stamp in my likeness, but only if she would consent to lie quietly with me until she is eighteen. If she would lie quietly with me, if I could bury my face in her hair, yes, then yes, uncle."
Offill has tapped a vein directly into the experience of this marriage, this little family, this subsuming of self, and we mainline it right along with her.
So when the betrayal comes, it is horrific, enraging. It is also banal, a mortifying cliche of middle age. The man gets involved with a pretty young creature at work.
It's as if the skin has been torn, strip by strip, from his wife's body. But there is no kill switch for love, and treacherous behavior does not obliterate all that came before. The woman has reason to cherish what she's cherished.
"The thing is this: Even if the husband leaves her in this awful craven way, she will still have to count it as a miracle, all of those happy years she spent with him."
On the street one day, the woman runs into an editor she used to know, years ago.
"I think I must have missed your second book," he says, meaning kindly to draw her out, and then things get awkward because she hasn't written one.
Fifteen years ago, Offill made an auspicious debut with "Last Things," her first novel. "Dept. of Speculation" is her second. It is a book so radiant, so sparkling with sunlight and sorrow, that it almost makes a person gasp.
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Plan volume activation of Office 2013
Applies to: Office 2013
Summary: Explains how to plan which methods to use for activating volume license editions of Office 2013.
Audience: IT Professionals
You can plan the deployment of Office for volume activation of Office 2013 in several steps. Before you read this article, we recommend that you read Windows Volume Activation Planning Guide.
If you are a user activating a personal copy of Office 2013, follow the Office 2013 activation directions instead. |
If you are an admin planning to activate and license Office 365 ProPlus, review the Office 365 ProPlus activation and licensing instead. If you are an admin planning to activate and license Volume license edition of Office 2013, you're at the right place, keep reading. |
In this article:
Plan a deployment
Review activation methods
Key Management Service (KMS)
Multiple Activation Key (MAK)
Plan a deployment
If you are planning a Windows deployment of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, or Windows Server 2012, you probably have the same considerations for Windows as for Office 2013. To help determine which activation method to use for Windows, see the Windows Volume Activation Planning Guide. Most likely, Office 2013 will use the same method.
A volume activation deployment includes the following steps:
Learn about product activation.
Review available activation models.
Evaluate client connectivity.
Map the physical computer or virtual computer to an activation method.
Determine product key needs.
Determine monitoring and reporting needs.
Most of the information about these steps is covered in the Windows Volume Activation Planning Guide. This article describes an overview of the technology.
When you plan for Office Activation Technologies, think about the following:
The Key Management Service (KMS) activation threshold for Office 2013 is five computers. This means that Office 2013 client computers will be activated only after five or more client computers have requested activation.
You do not have to enter a product key for Office 2013 KMS clients. You only have to enter an activation key on the KMS host.
If you decide to use Multiple Activation Key (MAK), you enter the product key either through the Office Customization Tool (OCT) or the Config.xml file. After Office 2013 installation, you can change the product key by using the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) or the Office Software Protection Platform script (ospp.vbs). For more information about ospp.vbs, see The ospp.vbs script.
For information about VAMT 3.0, see Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT).
Review activation methods
Office Activation Technologies provides three activation methods for Office 2013: KMS, MAK, and Active Directory-based activation.
Key Management Service (KMS) A client-server model in which you must install and activate a KMS host activation key on a KMS host computer. This establishes a local activation service in your environment. Office 2013 client computers connect to the local Office 2013 KMS host for activation.
Multiple Activation Key (MAK) If you use a MAK, Office 2013 client computers are activated online by using the Microsoft-hosted activation servers or by telephone.
Active Directory-based activation Available only for Office 2013 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Active Directory-based activation can activate all Office 2013 volume license clients throughout a domain. Active Directory-based activation is set up through Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) from either a Windows 8 volume license edition computer or a Windows Server 2012 computer.
The kind of key that you install determines the activation method. All Office 2013 volume license editions have the KMS client key pre-installed. You do not have to enter a product key if you are deploying KMS clients. If you want to use MAK activation, you have to enter the correct MAK.
You can also use a combination of KMS and MAK. For example, Office 2013 running on desktops that are connected to the corporate network has the KMS client key installed, whereas Office 2013 running on portable computers has the MAK installed.
The model that you choose depends on the size, network infrastructure, connectivity, and security requirements in your environment. You can choose to use only one or a combination of these activation models. Typically on a client computer, you would use the same activation method for a particular instance of Windows that you use for Office. For more information about how to decide which activation method to use, see the Windows Volume Activation Planning Guide.
To find out more about how to buy volume license editions of Office 2013, see Microsoft Office Volume Licensing Buyer's Guide.
Key Management Service (KMS)
KMS is a client-server model in which the client requests activation from a computer serving as the KMS host. KMS activation requires TCP/IP connectivity between the clients and the KMS host. By default, KMS host uses DNS to publish the KMS service. Client computers connect to the KMS host for activation by using anonymous remote procedure calls through TCP communications port 1688, which is the default port number when you enable the firewall on a KMS host. You can either use the default settings, which require little or no administrative action, or manually configure KMS hosts and the clients that connect to it based on network configuration and security requirements in your environment.
To be licensed, the KMS client must be activated (see Set up Office 2013 KMS clients). The following table describes the license state of the Office 2013 client with respect to activation.
License state of the Office 2013 KMS client
License state | Description |
Licensed |
By default, the KMS client requests activation with the KMS host one time every seven days. (The number of days is configurable.) This design allows the maximum possible time for the client to be in the licensed state. After the client is successfully activated, it remains in the licensed state for 180 days. When in the licensed state, users do not see any notification dialog boxes prompting them to activate the client. After 180 days, the activation attempt process resumes. If activation is continually successful, the whole activation experience is transparent to the end-user. |
Out-of-tolerance |
If activation does not occur during the 180-day period, Office 2013 goes into the out-of-tolerance state for 30 days. Users then see notifications that request activation. |
Unlicensed notification |
If activation does not occur during the out-of-tolerance state, Office 2013 goes into the unlicensed notification state. Users then see notifications that request activation and a red title bar. |
You must prepare a KMS host by first installing the licensing files (see Set up and activate Office KMS), and then activating the KMS host key before it can accept activation requests from clients.
The activation key for Office 2013 is not specific to a particular operating system. It is designed to be used on any of the operating systems supported as an Office 2013 KMS host, including both 32-bit and 64-bit editions:
Volume license editions of Windows 7
Volume license editions of Windows 8 or Windows 8.1
Volume license editions of Windows 10
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2
Publication of Key Management Service
KMS uses service (SRV) resource records (RRs) in DNS to store and communicate the locations of KMS hosts. KMS hosts use dynamic updates, if available, to publish the SRV RRs. (For more information, see Dynamic update.) If dynamic updates are not available, or if the KMS host does not have permissions to publish the RRs, you must publish the DNS records manually or configure client computers to connect to specific KMS hosts. This might require changing permissions on DNS to let more than one KMS host publish SRV records.
DNS changes might take time to propagate to all DNS hosts, depending on the complexity and topology of the network. For more information, see Set up DNS for Office 2013 volume activation.
Use KMS for computers that run Windows and Office 2013 client products
The following operating systems are supported as an Office 2013 KMS host:
Volume license editions of Windows 7
Volume license editions of Windows 8 or Windows 8.1
Volume license editions of Windows 10
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2
If you already have a computer that runs as your Windows KMS host and you want to co-host the Office 2013 KMS host, follow the steps in Prepare and set up the Office 2013 KMS host.
Multiple Activation Key (MAK)
MAK is used for one-time activation with the Microsoft hosted activation services. Each MAK has a predetermined number of allowed activations. This number is based on volume licensing agreements and may not match the organization's exact license count. Each activation that uses MAK with the Microsoft hosted activation service counts toward the activation limit. After Office 2013 is activated, no re-activation is required unless the hardware changes significantly.
There are two ways to activate computers by using MAK:
MAK independent activation MAK independent activation requires that each computer independently connect and be activated with Microsoft, either over the Internet or by telephone. MAK independent activation is best for computers that do not maintain a connection to the corporate network.
MAK proxy activation by using VAMT This enables a centralized activation request on behalf of multiple computers that have one connection to Microsoft. MAK proxy activation is configured by using VAMT (Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT)). MAK proxy activation is appropriate for environments in which security concerns might restrict direct access to the Internet or the corporate network. It is also suited for development and test labs that do not have this connectivity.
MAK architecture
MAK activation requires that a MAK is installed on a client computer and instructs that computer to activate itself against Microsoft hosted activation servers over the Internet. In MAK proxy activation, a MAK must be installed on the client computer by any of the methods previously described. VAMT obtains the installation ID (IID) from the target computer, sends the IID to Microsoft on behalf of the client, and obtains a confirmation ID (CID). The tool then activates the client by installing the CID. The CID is saved and can be used later, for example, to activate test computers that were re-imaged after 90 days.
For more information, see Activate Office 2013 MAK clients.
Active Directory-based activation
On the Windows 8 platform, starting with Office 2013, a third volume activation method is available: Active Directory-based activation.
As with KMS, Active Directory-based activation can activate all Office 2013 volume license clients within the domain. To use Active Directory-based activation, you set up Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) from either a Windows 8 volume license edition computer or a Windows Server 2012 computer to support the activation of all Office 2013 volume license clients within the domain. The Office 2013 volume license clients can run on any Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 client computer.
Active Directory-based activation uses the same GVLK/KMS host key pair that KMS activation uses. When you use Active Directory-based activation, the Software Protection Platform Services periodically attempts to activate the GVLK against either an activation object in AD DS or a discoverable KMS if the Active Directory-based activation attempt fails. A successful Active Directory-based activation grants a license to the Office 2013 client for 180 days.
For more information about Active Directory-based activation for Windows, see Active Directory-Based Activation Overview.
See also
KMS activation of Office 2013
Activate Office 2013 MAK clients
Active Directory-Based Activation Overview
Volume Activation Management Tool Technical Reference


text: From: Bob Sutton Since this subject is veering into electronic instrumentation, my field, I'll add some comment of possible relevance. In 1994-95, after previous experience with Genesis on a robotics project, I wrote a simplified, SCADA program used for instrumentation data display, logging, and trending. This was used on a multiyear, DOE funded research project involving electrolytic, membrane separation process for pulp mill application. The instrumentation grouping and display, data trending, and configuration and calibration facilities in this program, were particularly strong, by intent. The program was written in (Turbo) Pascal, and executed on a MS-DOS 386, which did impose some limitations. The program will be ported to Ada for further application and development, later this year. I make mention because of nearness to the developing, posted subject. Bob Sutton Western Material Control


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How Can We Prove Bigfoot Is Real? How About Using DNA?
A team of scientists from Oxford University and Switzerland's Lausanne Museum of Zoology plan to use genetic testing in an attempt to prove the existence of Bigfoot.
The team plans to use a systematic approach using the latest advances in genetic testing to examine the organic remains that some say belong to the so-called yeti that has been spotted in various remote locations over the past few decades.
Bryan Sykes at Oxford's Wolfson College says that this type of research is something that any serious academic ventures into with a deal of trepidation because the subject is full of eccentric and downright misleading reports.
Sykes, however, says modern DNA testing may provide results that are more accurate.
There have been DNA tests done on alleged yetis and other such things but since then the testing techniques, particularly on hair, have improved a lot due to advances in forensic science.
Up to this point, research has concluded that suspected yeti remains were actually human.
Researchers say they plan to subject all possible yeti samples to rigorous genetic analysis, and publish the results in scientific journals.


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Galsulfase (By injection)
Galsulfase (gal-SUL-fase)
Improves walking and stair-climbing ability in people with an enzyme deficiency.
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- The usual dose schedule for this medicine is 1 time each week. The medicine must be given slowly, so the needle will remain in place for at least 4 hours. An IV pump is sometimes used if the medicine needs to be given over several hours or throughout an entire day.
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- This medicine may cause headaches and skin reactions, such as a rash or itching while you are receiving the injection or within 24 hours after you receive it. Check with your health caregiver right away if you have any of these symptoms.
- This medicine can cause fever and allergic-type reactions. You will receive medicines to prevent these side effects, and that medicine may make you drowsy. Avoid driving, using machines, or doing anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you.
- Spinal cord compression (SCC) has happened or gotten worse after people were treated with this medicine. Call your doctor right away if you have back pain, trouble moving your arms or legs, or trouble controlling your bladder or bowels.
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NYT's Calmes Keeps 'Stimulus' Fires Burning for Obama, Versus 'Crude' Argument by Romney Supporter
New York Times White House reporter Jackie Calmes is defending Barack Obama's economic "stimulus" to the bitter end, as shown in Saturday's "What Romney Has Said Offers Clues If He Wins," predicting how Romney would have responded to America's economic problems if he'd been president
Also, some Times editor decided to make a snotty editorial comment on a photo accompanying the story of a homemade yard sign in Virginia that accurately read: "4 More Years? of More Debt, Bailout, Big Govt? No Thanks!" The photo caption: "A sign in Hillsboro, Va., offers a crude endorsement of Mitt Romney's economic argument."
Calmes has for years loyally defended Obama's "stimulus" in her news reports, and keeps the flame burning on the eve of the election.
For nearly four years, Mr. Romney has attacked President Obama's responses to the worst economic crisis since the Depression, the decisions that have defined the Obama presidency -- on the stimulus package, auto industry rescue, home-foreclosure measures and financial regulation.
Mr. Romney has been less clear about what action he would have taken instead. What follows are snapshots of his reactions then and now, which provide a sense of how he might have responded if he had been in the Oval Office and how he might approach economic policy should he be elected president on Tuesday.
STIMULUS Mr. Romney was an early advocate of some government action and criticized President George W. Bush for not seeking a stimulus measure before departing. But mostly he slammed Mr. Obama, within days of the inauguration, for the $831 billion package of spending and tax cuts that a Democratic-led Congress soon passed. He called it bloated with spending that would take too long to help the economy. (The total grew to $1.4 trillion as some provisions were renewed.)
By the end of 2009 Mr. Romney declared the stimulus a costly failure, though nonpartisan studies found that it had helped create or support millions of jobs. He cited a weak recovery, slower than even the Obama administration's projections, and a stubbornly high unemployment rate.
But Mr. Romney's own prescriptions were mixed. In February 2009, as the stimulus bill was being enacted, he suggested $450 billion in tax cuts for middle-income Americans and federal money for unspecified "urgent priorities." He called tax cuts "twice as effective" as spending for spurring the economy, a contention that many economists dispute.
His position mirrored that taken by many conservatives at the time in the United States and in Europe, which became something of a laboratory for the idea that Keynesian policy had been proven ineffective and that slashing spending and reducing deficits would lower interest rates, promote investment, shrink the government's interference in the marketplace and put the economy on a sounder footing for the long run.
Britain and other nations that adopted austerity policies encountered deeper economic troubles. In the United States, few nonpartisan economists support government austerity in a downturn. Mr. Romney, suggesting some belief in the central tenet of Keynesian economics -- that government spending can temporarily make up for a lack of demand in the private sector -- has subsequently said that he would enact budget cuts he supported with an eye toward whether the timing would have a negative impact on a still-weak recovery.


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Over the past 18 months I have been engaged in a very stimulating—and rewarding—intellectual adventure. I chaired the National Academies' Committee on Elementary Particle Physics in the 21st Century that was convened in response to an informal request from DOE and NSF. The committee was charged to identify the compelling science questions that currently define the elementary particle physics scientific agenda and to recommend a 15-year implementation plan with realistic, ordered priorities to address them. The committee that was assembled included quite a few individuals from outside the field of particle physics; in fact, half the committee members were not experts in particle physics, and yet each one had an important perspective to contribute. As an economist with a long-time interest in science policy and as a former university president, I undertook this challenge seriously but with a commitment to ensure that our recommendations would represent responsible stewardship of public resources.
The final report of the committee, Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space and Time, was publicly released on April 26, 2006. The committee strongly recommended an aggressive, direct exploration of the physics of the Terascale, where "tera" refers to the trillions of electron-volts that the world's most powerful accelerators can impart to fundamental particles. The strong attraction of Terascale physics is underscored by the convergence of interests from distinct scientific areas. From cosmology, there is growing interest in dark matter and dark energy. From particle physics, there is great interest in supersymmetry, in the origins of mass, and in Einstein's dream that all the forces can be unified. This convergence is what makes the Terascale so persuasive. The intersection of scientific interests is often a signal that major new discoveries are on the horizon, and thus, the committee felt that explorations of the Terascale have enormous scientific potential.
Let me assume for the moment some general familiarity with the report (please see the excellent discussion in last month's APS News for details ), and use this space to briefly expand on three themes: (1) the role of particle physics in the physical sciences (as seen by an outsider), (2) leadership in an international arena, and (3) the medium-term challenge facing US particle physics.
In the committee's judgment, the US program in particle physics, despite a long tradition of distinction, is now at a decisive crossroads. Not only has this program (like many others in the physical sciences) experienced a decade of stagnating support when programs elsewhere in the world were expanding, but also the most important experiments at SLAC and Fermilab are reaching the end of their useful scientific lives without a clear follow-on strategy in place. As a result, the intellectual center of gravity is moving abroad just when the scientific agenda is especially promising. In these circumstances it was the committee's view that a failure to adopt a refreshed and compelling strategic vision and associated set of priorities would imply a decision to forgo leadership and commit ourselves to a much smaller effort in this critical scientific arena.
An outsider to particle physics (or even to the physical sciences in general) might naturally question the consequences of forgoing America's tradition of leadership in particle physics. In my view, and one echoed by the committee throughout its report, there is a strong relationship between the health of US particle physics and the vitality of the nation's overall science and technology portfolio. Consider these two observations. First, scientific discovery is an unpredictable process whose impacts are only fully recognized ten or twenty, sometimes even thirty, years down the road. In such an environment, the best investment strategies rely on a mixed or diversified portfolio. Indeed it was the committee's view that a strong particle physics program not only would enable us to explore some of the most exciting issues on the scientific frontier, but was essential to the long-term vitality of the physical sciences. Historically certain important scientific and technological advances arose because of a synergy among particle physics and other developments in science and technology, but the committee does not claim that particle physics is the best or only path to drive such innovations. Rather, the committee argued that a strong program in particle physics is an essential element of an overall strategy to foster such breakthroughs.
Second, it seems to me that particle physics has several key attributes that give it a distinctive role in the physical sciences. For example, particle physics incorporates both imagination and technological and computing prowess at an unusual scale in order to address several of the most exciting questions of our time: What is the nature of space and time? What are the origins of mass? How did the universe begin? How will it evolve in the future? The quests and the techniques of particle physics, therefore, attract some of the best and brightest minds to futures in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
Thus, I would posit that the future of the US program in particle physics has consequences that extend far beyond the field itself. Particle physics is not elite, nor special, nor exclusive in this regard. However, the US program currently faces a set of strategic decisions that will determine, to a large degree, its future for a generation. These decisions will require the support of physics in general, if not all of the physical sciences together. Perhaps this is one of the reasons the National Academies saw fit to include such a diverse set of individuals on the committee. The committee recommended, unanimously, that the United States should not abandon its leadership role in particle physics, especially at a time when the scientific agenda is richer than it has been for a generation.
Let me say something further about leadership and the international arena. As the field of particle physics took shape in the middle of the century, America's scientists focused on experiments designed to measure and explain the properties and forces governing the ultimate constituents of matter. Since then, even as the field became increasingly internationalized with very distinguished centers abroad, the United States has been home to some of the world's most accomplished theorists, the most diverse array of experiments, and some of the largest particle accelerators. Moreover the United States has welcomed and greatly benefited from the intellectual and financial input of scientists from around the world. US leadership in particle physics both anchored and symbolized the growing distinction and reach of the overall American scientific enterprise.
The committee felt strongly that because of the increasing cost and complexity of particle physics experiments, and the need to deploy public funds in the most effective and responsible manner, it is more important than ever for all the major programs in particle physics to leverage their resources by working together internationally. The community of particle physicists has a strong tradition in this area, but that tradition needs to be enhanced. Moreover, the key sponsors of national and multinational programs need to allow for the serious consideration of new and imaginative arrangements. Such arrangements would not only serve the cause of scientific progress; they also may be the only way to provide scientists and their students in each region of the world with the opportunity to address those areas of particle physics to which they can make the greatest scientific contribution. This type of transformation cannot be accomplished by a single country or region: it requires the mutual collaboration of all major partners. Such transformations would strengthen the knowledge base of the entire US scientific enterprise.
If we are to take the current discussions about globalization, "the flat world," and the growing interdependence of national efforts around the world, what does scientific leadership mean for the United States? After some thought, the answer becomes relatively clear for a field like particle physics. Leadership does not mean dominance, but rather taking initiative at the frontiers, accepting appropriate risks, and catalyzing partnerships both at home and abroad. That is, in articulating a strategy for the United States, we must find a path that leverages US strengths for the benefit of the not only the domestic program but also the global enterprise. We must move from a paradigm of "We're going to build this, will you help us?" to one of "What can we build together that will benefit us all?" US leadership, together with that of our colleagues abroad, is important because it is critical to reaping the scientific, technological, economic, and cultural dividends that come from advancing the scientific frontier.
With these considerations in mind, the committee saw a critical role for the United States in fostering this new era of international partnership and coordination. Even as the Europeans have been finishing the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), particle physicists worldwide have been designing the next generation of particle accelerators. Known as the International Linear Collider (ILC), this new tool would consist of two accelerators that fire electrons and positrons at each other head-on, re-creating conditions that existed just a fraction of a second after the universe's birth. The ILC would be of such a scale and complexity, similar to the LHC, that only a global, cooperative effort could make it possible. It was the committee's judgment (echoing many others) that the ILC was a necessary tool to fully exploit the scientific opportunities of the Terascale. The committee believed that the potential role of the United States in building, supporting, and perhaps hosting the ILC was key to the continued distinction of the US program. In order to participate in such a global effort, the United States must surrender some degree of control—but this shift is precisely the form of leadership that I believe will be essential to shepherding in a new era of global scientific cooperation.
The committee's report identifies a set of priorities that we believe will propel the United States to leadership in a way that adds value to the international effort. The committee's strategy aims for a pivotal role in the ILC but is not without risks. Nature might not reveal its secrets so easily at the LHC, the necessary level of international cooperation and agreement might not coalesce, or fiscal and technical realities might make a linear collider untenable. The committee advocated for a firm step forward, however, in the face of these longer-term uncertainties. The committee recommended that the program invest some risk capital that would enable the United States to become the leading center for R&D relating to the ILC and prepare to mount a compelling bid to host the ILC if that still seems desirable down the road. While this path contains obvious risks the committee felt that the prospective benefits more than justified such actions. Indeed we could not identify an alternative program that could sustain our leadership position with a better risk-adjusted rate of return: the riskiest path is to simply maintain our current course.
The task of crafting a meaningful program that moves forward is a challenge that requires courageous decisions, but such courage and determination are some of the unavoidable prerequisites for leadership. In its strategic principles, the committee offers some general guidance to the US particle physics program and its sponsors. A key element of these principles is the discussion of the role that a so-called national program committee might play in helping to frame a national program that not only addresses the most compelling science but also best deploys US resources and talents. Implicit in this principle is the committee's judgment that structuring the near- and mid-term program, within the recommended framework, is work best left to the physicists and their immediate sponsors.
Today, our nation faces some decisions about its future role in particle physics. The United States can choose to sacrifice its historical leadership in particle physics. Or we can make a strong commitment to current and future global efforts. The United States has an unprecedented opportunity, as a leader of nations, to undertake this profound scientific challenge.
Finally, I must express my thanks and gratitude to the members of the committee and indeed to everyone who contributed to the work of this committee. I am pleased with our final report and I hope that it continues to be of value to this important field of science for years to come.
Harold Shapiro is president emeritus and professor of economic and public affairs at Princeton University. His broad interests and experience range from chairing the board of trustees of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the National Bioethics Advisory Committee to membership on the U.S. Olympic Committee.
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It is called RenameFilter and is part of the latest Tungsten Replicator build. RenameFilter works with all DBMS types that Replicator supports.
Specifying What to Rename
First, let's look at how rename definitions file looks like. It is a CSV file which first three columns specify what to rename, while last three - what into.
# CSV format: # # originalSchema,originalTable,There are two special characters:originalColumn,newSchema, newTable,newColumn
* (asterisk) - match all objects (schemas, tables or columns); used in the search part (first three columns). - (dash) - leave original object name; used in the rename part (last three columns).Let's look into one example in detail:
# Rename schema from schemac to schemac1.
# Match all tables
# | Leave table names intact
# | |
# | |
# | Leave column names intact
# Match all columns
It is quite flexible: it's possible to rename from one specific column in a specific table and schema all the way up to renaming all occurrences anywhere in the database.Rename during Provisioning
First use case for this is during initial provisioning when you are preparing your slave database.
a.) For homogeneous MySQL to MySQL replication, it's a manual, though straightforward, process. After restoring a backup to the slave, we go inside the database and make needed changes (like rename schema, some tables and columns). While doing this, we log everything to the tables_to_rename.csv in format introduced above. We will then use this file while setting up replication (see one section below).
b.) For heterogeneous topologies, we'll use ddlscan tool. Let's consider a MySQL to Oracle replication topology. Tables are in MySQL master, but Oracle is completely empty without even a schema. We'll need:
- MySQL DBMS with some tables on the master.
- Empty Oracle DBMS on the slave.
- Tungsten Replicator with ddl-mysql-to-oracle.vm template available for ./ddlscan utility (translates MySQL schema dialect into Oracle dialect).
- CSV file with rename defitinions.
test,3table,*,-,freetable,-Then we provide this CSV to the ./ddlscan:
./ddlscan -template ddl-mysql-oracle.vm -rename tables_to_rename.csv -db test -out test.sqlIn effect, ddlscan working together with the RenameFilter, will transform a MySQL table like this:
describe test.3table; +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | i | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+And provide DDL SQL that is Oracle-compatible (note how table was renamed):
DROP TABLE test.freetable; CREATE TABLE test.freetable ( i NUMBER(10, 0), PRIMARY KEY (i) );
Rename during Real-Time Replication
After schema (with some objects renamed) is ready on the slave, we can configure Tungsten Replicator for replication. However, we want all transactions that happen on the master be aware of the renamed objects - eg. if there's a transaction on "3table", it should be transformed and applied into "freetable" on the slave. Luckily, Replicator can use the same rename definitions CSV file we defined during initial provisioning. All we need to do is provide it upon installation:
RENAME=/home/oracle/install/tables_to_rename.csv tungsten-installer -a \ --master-slave \ --datasource-user=tungsten \ --datasource-password=secret \ --service-name=mysql2oracle \ --home-directory=$TUNGSTEN_DEPLOY \ --cluster-hosts=$SLAVE_HOST \ --datasource-type=oracle \ --datasource-oracle-service=ORCL \ --master-host=$MASTER_HOST \ --svc-applier-filters=dropstatementdata,zerodate2null,rename \ --property=replicator.filter.rename.definitionsFile=$RENAME \ --start-and-reportWhen Replicator starts-up, you'll see how it parses the definition file and constructs a look-up structure in the trepsvc.log:
INFO filter.RenameDefinitions Parsing /home/oracle/install/tables_to_rename.csv: INFO filter.RenameDefinitions test.3table.* -> -.freetable.-Succeeding transactions on this table will be transformed accordingly.
More RenameFilter CSV Examples
More examples covering common cases:
# Rename schema for all tables. schemac,*,*,schemac1,-,- # This table moved to a different schema. schemac,tablew,*,schemac2,-,- # Table renamed and moved to a different schema. schemav,tablee,*,schemav1,tableee,- # Rename table in a particular schema. schemab,tabler,*,-,tabler1,- # Rename each table with a given name across all schemas. *,tablet,*,-,tablet1,- # Rename column of this particular table. schemaz,tableq,cola,-,-,colaa # Column renaming doesn't change schema/table. # Rename column of each table with a given name across all schemas. *,tablew,colb,-,-,colbb # Rename column occurring in any table across all schemas. *,*,colc,-,-,colcc # Rename column across all tables in the given schema. schemax,*,cold,-,-,coldd
A Note on Order of Preference
Order of lines in the CSV file doesn't matter - all of them are read during first load of the filter and they fill a fast in-memory look-up structure. The first three CSV columns (the search path) is used for look-up. With that said, it is possible to define rules that overlap. Consider the following two cases:
# Renamed schema, but one table is left in the original schema # and some of its columns renamed. scheman,*,*,scheman2,-,- scheman,tabley,*,-,tabley2,- # Leave table in original schema. scheman,tabley,colj,-,-,colj2 scheman,tabley,colk,-,-,colk2 # Renamed schema and one table with one column in it. schemam,*,*,schemam2,-,- schemam,tableu,*,schemam2,The order of preference that is followed is straightforward. There are three cases to cover: finding new name for a column, table and schema. Each of these search from the most specific definition to the most generic. To be exact:tableu2,- # Move renamed table to the new schema too. schemam,tableu,colj,-,-,colj2 # Column renaming doesn't change schema/table.
a. Order of preference when searching for a new column name:
1. schema.table
2. schema.*
3. *.table
4. *.*
client100,orders,amount,-,-,amount1 # 1. schema.table client100,*,amount,-,-,amount2 # 2. schema.* *,orders,amount,-,-,amount3 # 3. *.table *,*,amount,-,-,amount4 # 4. *.*b. Order of preference when searching for a new table name:
1. schema.table
2. *.table
client100,orders,*,-,orders1,- # 1. schema.table *,orders,*,-,orders2,- # 2. *.tablec. Order of preference when searching for a new schema name:
1. schema.table
2. schema.*
client100,orders,*,client101,-,- # 1. schema.table client100,*,*,client102,-,- # 2. schema.*
We have reviewed how to use the new RenameFilter, that is available in the open-source Tungsten Replicator. RenameFilter is designed to help with various renaming needs during both initial provisioning and following replication, as opposed to developing multiple small filters to handle various rename needs that appear.


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Cardinalis sinuatus is distributed in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico (Tweit and Thompson 1999). In the United States Pyrrhuloxia can be found in Baja California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas (Oberholser 1974), southwestern Kansas, southern Colorado, and western Oklahoma (Tweit and Thompson 1999).
Pyrrhuloxia inhabit arid habitats such as mesquite thickets and desert creek beds (Tveten 1993).
There is a sexual dimorphism in coloration. Male Cardinalis sinuatus are mainly gray with red located on the face, crest, wing, and tail (Scott 1983). The female is grayish brown, and is sometimes mistaken for a female Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis (Oberholser 1974). The females have red highlights on the thighs and the wing linings (Tveten 1993). The bill is heavy and hooked in both the male and the female (Tveten 1993). In the male, the bill is orange yellow (Scott 1983), while the female's bill is a duller yellow (Tveten 1993). Both the male and female have the diagnostic tall crest on the head (Tveten 1993). The juvenile Pyrrhuloxia, male or female, resembles the female except the bill is darker (Oberholser 1974). (Oberholser, 1974; Scott, 1983; Tveten, 1993)
The breeding season varies with the environment, but it usually begins around mid-March and ends in mid-August (Baicich and Harrison 1997). The behavior of these birds changes during the breeding season. Territories are established and defended during the breeding season. The males will feed his mate during courtship and incubation (Tveten 1993).
The female builds a small nest of twigs, weeds, and bark either in the mesquite brush or on the ground against the trunk (Bacich and Harrison 1997).
The female lays 2-3 grayish-white eggs with gray and brown speckles (Tveten 1993). The incubation period lasts for about 14 days. Throughout the incubation period, about 14 days, the female is fed by the male (Baicich and Harrison 1997).
The newly hatched young have pale gray downy feathers. The nestlings will not leave the nest for 10 days. During this time both the male and female will tend to the young, providing nutrition and protection (Baicich and Harrison 1997). (Bacich and Harrison, 1997; Tveten, 1993)
Although Pyrrhuloxia are nonmigratory, they will wander from their territories (Tveten 1993). The birds will forage in flocks of up to one thousand individuals, in the winter (Oberholser 1974).
The call of Cardinalis sinuatus is described as a whistled what-cheer, what-cheer (Scott 1983). The males will call during February to August, however the females rarely sing (Oberholser 1974). The singing usually begins during incubation of the eggs and will end when the nestlings leave the nest (Tweit and Thompson 1999).
Pyrrhuloxia forage on the ground for seeds of bristlegrass, doveweed, sandbur, pancium, sorghum, and pigweed (Oberholser 1974). The birds will also eat fruits of cactus and insects including grasshoppers, caterpillars, beetles, stinkbugs, and cicadas (Oberholser 1974).
Populations of Pyrrhuloxia have declined due to loss of habitat across the Southwestern United States (Tweit and Thompson 1999).
Rebecca Todd (author), Southwestern University, Stephanie Fabritius (editor), Southwestern University.
living in the Nearctic biogeographic province, the northern part of the New World. This includes Greenland, the Canadian Arctic islands, and all of the North American as far south as the highlands of central Mexico.
living in the southern part of the New World. In other words, Central and South America.
uses sound to communicate
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
uses smells or other chemicals to communicate
in deserts low (less than 30 cm per year) and unpredictable rainfall results in landscapes dominated by plants and animals adapted to aridity. Vegetation is typically sparse, though spectacular blooms may occur following rain. Deserts can be cold or warm and daily temperates typically fluctuate. In dune areas vegetation is also sparse and conditions are dry. This is because sand does not hold water well so little is available to plants. In dunes near seas and oceans this is compounded by the influence of salt in the air and soil. Salt limits the ability of plants to take up water through their roots.
animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently of ambient temperature. Endothermy is a synapomorphy of the Mammalia, although it may have arisen in a (now extinct) synapsid ancestor; the fossil record does not distinguish these possibilities. Convergent in birds.
forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount of precipitation and seasonality.
offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
reproduction in which eggs are released by the female; development of offspring occurs outside the mother's body.
breeding is confined to a particular season
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
uses touch to communicate
uses sight to communicate
Bacich, P., C. Harrison. 1997. A Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds. San Diego: Natural World Academic Press.
Oberholser, H. 1974. The Bird Life of Texas. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press.
Scott, S. 1983. Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Washington D.C.: The National Geographic Society.
Tveten, J. 1993. The Birds of Texas. Fredericksburg, TX: Shearere Publishing.
Tweit, R., C. Thompson. 1999. Pyrrhuloxia: Cardinalis sinuatus. Pp. 1-18 in A Poole, F Gill, eds. The Birds of North America. Philadelphia, PA: Academy of Natural Sciences.